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Varanggana Vanavichayen is the
first Bhikkhuni ordained in Thailand.
Vanavichayen worked as a translator, and then as a secretary. She was
married and...
- 55-year-old Thai
Buddhist 8-precept white-robed
maechee nun,
Varanggana Vanavichayen,
became the
first woman to
receive the going-forth
ceremony of a novice...
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Bhikkhuni eventually became the
abbess of the monastery.
Varanggana Vanavichayen, the
first female monk
ordained in Thailand, was
ordained in Songdhammakalyani...
- in
Thailand banning women's full
ordination in Buddhism.
Varanggana Vanavichayen became the
first female monk to be
ordained in
Thailand in 2002. Some...
- 55-year-old Thai
Buddhist 8-precept white-robed
maechee nun,
Varanggana Vanavichayen,
became the
first woman to
receive the going-forth
ceremony of a Theravada...
- in Buddhism. However, this law was
revoked some time
after Varanggana Vanavichayen became the
first female monk to be
ordained in
Thailand in 2002. 1966:...
- 55-year-old Thai
Buddhist 8-precept white-robed
maechee nun,
Varanggana Vanavichayen,
became the
first woman ordained as a monk in Thailand, in 2002. Since...
- in Buddhism. However, this law was
revoked some time
after Varanggana Vanavichayen became the
first female monk to be
ordained in
Thailand in 2002. Maude...
- in Buddhism. However, this law was
revoked some time
after Varanggana Vanavichayen became the
first female monk to be
ordained in
Thailand in 2002. 1929:...
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Varangghana Vanavichayen (born in 1946) is the
first woman to be
ordained a
Theravada bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun) in Thailand. She was
ordained a
novice bhikkhuni...
